Yesterday I got up from my computer, intending to go pee and get a cup of coffee.
I got up, got my husband some Tylenol and water, cleaned up the kitchen some, and went back to the office. I started to reach for my coffee, and saw I didn’t have any. I still needed to pee. I got up again.
My husband asked if I could bring him a cold drink. I fixed that, took it to him, then changed the wash to the dryer, peed, and came back. I started looking at things again and reached for my coffee cup….
I FINALLY got some coffee – but really, it was embarrassing by the time things finally clicked and I accomplished my initial task.
A. A. Milne – Winnie the Pooh – Illustration by E. H. Shepard
One of the many ‘perks ‘ of getting older is trouble remembering things.
Just this morning I was reading an email from a dear friend who talked about what she was going to cook for dinner. THAT reminded me that I had neglected to take our dinner out of the freezer. I finished answering her email and then found some painted bottles online that were absolutely STUNNING.
I remembered again that I needed to go to the pantry to get our dinner out of the freezer. I got up, stopped in the bathroom, poured water in Amber’s dog bowl and then came back to the computer. I saw that I had forgotten to refill my coffee cup, so I got up and started to go to the kitchen. I stopped, grabbed my wallet and the record of our blood pressure and blood sugar we used this morning to take back to the kitchen. I put them away in the dining area and then came back to the office.
I again saw my coffee cup. I picked it up this time and went to the kitchen, refilled it, and brought it back. Then remembered I was supposed to go get our dinner out of the freezer…
My husband came in and wanted some help. I helped him and then sat back down at the computer. THEN remembered I was supposed to go to the pantry.
I got to the kitchen and couldn’t remember why I went in there. Had to come back to the office and sit down. THEN I remembered.
I actually got our dinners out of the freezer this time. Please shoot me.
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